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TELEPHONE BOOK REST. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 1915.

1,170,479. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of a support or rest for telephone books and the like, which will snugly clasp the. sides of the book to keep its leaves together, but will remain suficiently open after the book has been removed, to permit the latter to be returned thereto entirely unhindered.

To this end the device consists of. a supporting member having a socket and means for fastening .it upon the upper edge of a chair-rail, a desk, table or other suitable object; and the book-rest proper pivotally held by the supporting member, the bookrest comprisinga shelf upon which the book is placed, and a plate which is'pressed against the side of the book by the latters weight upon the shelf.

Referring to the. drawings forming part of this specification, tive view of a telephone book rest supported by a chair-rail and shown as holding a telephone book. Fig. 2 is a side view of the book rest empty. Fig. 3 is a sideview of a book rest slightly modified. Fig. 4 is a side view ofanother modification.

Inasmuch as this telephone book rest is mainly designed for offices wherein there is usually a chair-rail fastened to the wall, I prefer to form the supporting member 1 with a downwardly turned flange 2 adapted to be pressed down between the wall and the chair-rail, as shown in Fig. 1,

The supporting member 1 is of sheet metal and has its outer edge bent to compose a semicylindrical socket 3, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, or the socket may be formed to embrace more than a semi-circle in cross section.

The book rest proper consists of a sheet metal plate 4 having a knuckle 5 adapted to freely turn in the socket 3, and a ledge or shelf 6. The knuckle and ledge are preferably made integral with the plate 4, as shown.

The socket 3 is formed with a stop-shoulder 7 disposed to meet the edge of the lmuckle 5 and prevent further turn of the knuckle and the parts connected therewith, in order to 'rnnnrnoiv n-1300K nnstr.

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prevent the plate from swinging away from the wall to an angle of more than ten or fife teen degrees. Thus inclined, the plate 4 gives ampleroom between itself and the wall 8 for the introduction ofthe telephone book to be supported; and as soon as the weight of the book comesupon the shelf 6, the plate is instantly forced up against the side of the book, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby holding the same securely in place, and snugly pressing the cover and leaves together. This is insured by having the parts so arranged that the shelf 6 does not contact withthe supporting member 1, but the weight of the book constantly presses the plate 4 against its cover.

Fig. 2 shows the supporting member 1 adapted to be held in place by a screw or nail 9 driven down into the chair-rail 10.

The form of socket and knuckle shown in Fig. 3 diflers from that in Figs. 1 and 2 simply in the extension of the shoulder 7, and the prolongation of the socket-edge 11. The socket shown. in Fig. 4 differs in requiring but two bends instead of three in forming the shoulder or stop.

In putting the parts together, the knuckle 5 must be slid longitudinally into the socket 3, inasmuch as they cannot be engaged transversely.

To adapt this book holder more fully to its specific use in connection with telephone books, the plate 4 has struck out therefrom two over-hung ribs 13 for slidably receiving a pad of paper, a calendar or the like, as 14. Spurs 15 may also be struck out, as shown in Fig. 2, for receiving a pencil 16; or a pencil can be thrust within the knuckle 5 when the latter is made sufficiently large in diameter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

' I do not, of course, restrict myself to the special form of pivotal arrangement illustrated, as the book holder will work equally well if the plate 4 and supporting member 1 are pivoted or hinged together in any other well-known manner, but I prefer the construction shown because of its economy of construction, its durability, its capacity for being easily knocked down and reassembled, and its provision for receiving a pencil.

What I claim is:

1. A book holder comprising a length of sheet metal having an incompletely cylindrical bend along one edge, and a length of sheet metal having a terminal section disposed at right angles to the body thereof,

' and an intermediate section bent over on itself and curved into an incompletely cylindrical form, one of the cylindrical bends fitting, snugly Within the other to constitute a hinge, the edge of one of the cylindrical bends being disposed to meet and be stopped a by a portion of the other bend and to thereby support the body of the second-named length a of sheet metal at an acute angle with respect 56inch of this patent may be obtained 10:

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